Heed

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heed \Heed\, n.
     1. Attention; notice; observation; regard; -- often with give
        or take.
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              With wanton heed and giddy cunning.   --Milton.


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              Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's
              hand.                                 --2 Sam. xx.
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              Birds give more heed and mark words more than
              beasts.                               --Bacon.
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     2. Careful consideration; obedient regard.
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              Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to
              the things which we have heard.       --Heb. ii. 1.
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     3. A look or expression of heading. [R.]
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              He did it with a serious mind; a heed
              Was in his countenance.               --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heed \Heed\ (h[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Heeded}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Heeding}.] [OE. heden, AS. h[=e]dan; akin to OS.
     h[=o]dian, D. hoeden, Fries. hoda, OHG. huoten, G. h["u]ten,
     Dan. hytte. [root]13. Cf. {Hood}.]
     To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend
     to; to observe.
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           With pleasure Argus the musician heeds.  --Dryden.
  
     Syn: To notice; regard; mind. See {Attend}, v. t.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heed \Heed\, v. i.
     To mind; to consider.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  heed
       n : paying particular notice (as to children or helpless
           people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends
           without heed to the consequences" [syn: {attentiveness},
           {regard}, {paying attention}] [ant: {inattentiveness}]
       v : pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of
           the old men" [syn: {mind}, {listen}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  167 Moby Thesaurus words for "heed":
     TLC, abide by, accept, accordance, acquittal, acquittance,
     act up to, adhere to, adherence, advertence, advertency, alertness,
     animadvert, anticipation, application, assiduity, assiduousness,
     attend, attend to, attend to orders, attention, attention span,
     attentiveness, audience, auscultate, awareness, be all ears,
     be concerned, be faithful to, bear in mind, bend an ear, bug,
     calculation, canniness, care, careful consideration, carefulness,
     carrying out, caution, cautiousness, circumspection,
     circumspectness, cock the ears, cognizance, compliance, comply,
     comply with, concentration, concern, conform, conform to,
     conformance, conformity, consciousness, consider, consideration,
     debate, defer to, deliberate stages, deliberateness, deliberation,
     diligence, discharge, discretion, do justice to, ear, earnestness,
     eavesdrop, examine by ear, execution, fill, follow,
     follow the book, forethought, fulfill, fulfillment, gingerliness,
     give attention, give audience to, give ear, give heed to,
     guardedness, hark, harken to, hear, hear out, hearing, hearken,
     hedge, hedging, heedfulness, heeding, hesitation, hold by,
     intentiveness, intentness, intercept, interest, judiciousness,
     keep, keep faith with, keeping, lend an ear, listen, listen at,
     listen in, listen to, live up to, look, loving care, make good,
     mark, meet, mind, mindfulness, note, notice, obey, obey the rules,
     observance, observation, observe, pawkiness, pay attention,
     pay attention to, performance, practice, preparedness,
     prior consultation, prudence, prudentialness, reck, regard,
     regardfulness, remark, respect, safeness, safety first,
     satisfaction, satisfy, see, sit in on, slowness to act, solicitude,
     stay in line, study, submit, take, take an interest, take note,
     take note of, take notice, take orders, tap, tend,
     tender loving care, tentativeness, think, thoroughness, thought,
     thoughtfulness, toe the line, uncommunicativeness,
     unprecipitateness, view, watch, wiretap